Full-lined inside out made neckties



Nov. 21, 1950 F. GOLDSMITH 2,530,870

FULL LINED INSIDE OUT MADE NECKTIES Filed April 12, 1948 31 INVENTOR. [Tam/1m fialdrzzzz' Patented Nov. 21, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFHCE FULL-LINED INSIDE OUT MADE NECKTIES Florence Goldsmith, Rigo Park, N. Y.

Application April 12, 1948, Serial No. 20,420

3 Glaims. i

This invention relates to the construction of full lined neckties.

In the making of full lined neckties the outer decorative layer and the facing member are first imposed fiat upon each other, and then bent along their longitudinal axis into tube shape, when the overlapping edges are sewed together by hand or by machine, with the decorative layer entirely surrounded by the facing. Upon the completion of the sewing, one end of the necktie is moved through the bore of the tube, to bring the outer facing of the tube, to the inside, and the decorative layer to the front. As the outer facing initially had a greater circumference than the inner decorative layer, the facing often becomes crumpled upon the completion of the reversing action. The feel of an expert can detect this, and if present, the expert discards the tie.

The improvement thereover consists of two half parts of the facing, each with a cutout centrally disposed either of V shape or oval shape or the like, and with the ends of the legs of each half facing overlapping and connected together in a way so that these joined legs are ready to be used in the further operation on the tie. Then after the known liner has been applied and the lining joined to the overlapping parts by first a temporary clamp and then by permanent stitching, the joined blanks are reversed, and any tendency to crumpling of the facing is overcome and the neckband of the tie is smooth to the feel of an expert. A further advantage is that the neckband more readily slides in the collar instead of acting to resist the adjustment of the tie.

The invention will be further described, an

embodiment shown in the drawings, and the invention will be finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the inner side of two necktie blanks joined together in accordance with this invention and consisting of a lower decorative layer and an upper facing member, with cutouts in each facing member and with the ends forming the cutouts overlapping.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the central part the ends it! of the decorative layers ii to the ends l2 of the facings l3. Each decorative layer ll extends over the margin of the facing l3 as shown by [0, thus showing the right or outer side of the decorative layer to that extent. The abutting bent over free ends l4 and i 5 of each of these decorative layers H are joined by stitching it. The abutting free ends of the facings l3 are left temporarily separated from the decorative layer l I, except for the ends described. The free ends of the overlapping facings !3 are temporarily clamped together and to the decora-" tive layer. Then with the marginal edges of the decorative layer H and facing I3 in registration, as shown in Fig. 1, the blanks are folded along a longitudinal line, and the overlapping edges of the decorative layer and of the facing,,are temporarily clamped. A lining is then applied and held to one side, that is the open side, of the tube, either temporarily by clamping, followed by stitching, or directly by stitching. The completed tube is then reversed and the tie is ready for use, the lining causing the tie to take its perfect shape. The lining lies fiat in the completed tie, the tie being around the lining. The lining gives body to the tie and being usually of wool assists in flattening the wrinkles due to tieing the tie. All this is known. The objection is that inside the neckband portion of the tie, the facing does not lie smooth but is very often crumpled, and this can easily be detected by the feel of an expert. This is caused by the fact that the outer facing of the tube, before reversal, has a greater circumference due to the tubing action, than that of the inner decorative layer, and when the tie is reversed it causes the facing (which has the greater circumference) to crumple inside the decorative layer.

The improvement consists in providing the free ends of each facing IS, with a centrally disposed cutout 25, either of V shape as at 2B or oval shape as at H, and then joining the ends or legs [8 and I9 of the respective free ends together. This,'however, is done in a particular manner, namely, by overlapping the legs l8 and i9, and clamping. For better results, each leg is subjected to a slight pulling action towards each other, so as to subject the marginal portion of the legs of the facing 13 to a tension as shown by the arrows C and D, in Fig. 5, and then first temporarily clamping the legs together by a staple 30 or the like (Fig. 2). The structure is then ready for the folding over of the marginal edges against each other so as to overlap and form a tube shape, as shown in Fig. 5. Then a lining 40 is applied by stitching 2|, as shown in Fig. 8. Then the tube is reversed or brought inside out. When thus sewed together and while in that tube shape, before reversal; the marginal portion- 2ilof the facing l3 at the" stitching 2|" (Fig. 8) is subjected to a longitudinal pulling action in respect to the decorative layer II, and the forces so created, as shown by the arrowsC. and D-(Fig. tend to draw the other margins (the lower margins in Fig. 5) towards the marglnszfl; thus taking up any possible crumplingpfthefacing. 13 which would otherwise result. This actionfrom the lower margin to the upper margin-20f is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 5 by the arrowE. As.-a=result the facing-, l-'3-.-thoughnor:- mally of larger circumference than the inner.dec-- orativelayer l.l.when.in tube. form. as in:Figs. 5 and,.8,.is now-about equaLor slightly lesss When. then the. tubeis reversed towform the tie, there is no crumpling-of thefacingand the tiehasa. smooth. feel.

In using theold facing patterns, after the faceings are. secured. to the decorative. material 1 and. the tie. is. folded into tubular form ready tobe stitched down, the circumference of the: facing is larger than. the. .circumference..of. the.-deeorative material,:.or main body of the ties. When the? tie is reversed..(turnednver) thela-rger circumfer-- ence. of the facing causes .it to gather. and bunch up. inneckbandnfthe tie, thusmaking it bulky- By this-improvement in full .lined. neckties, a full'li-nedtiais stitchedon theleft side without h the facing bunching up in the .neckbandofthe completed tie,.when the tie is turnedback-or reversed to the-.right side.

In Fig, 7 is shown a plan viewof a modified form. The leg 31 .isIonger than the leg 32, and. the legs" on the other. member are so arranged that the longer 1eg overlaps the shorter leg 32, and its shorter leg overlapspthe longer leg, M. The leg 3! has a part33'cut inwardly or inclined; and likewise the leg 32 has apart '34 cut inwardly, or inclined. Before theselegs'. are clamped and: sewedtheyare stretched in respectto the margin: of the decorative'member35. When" the" legs 3'! and32 are joinedand overlapped with the respectivelegs of the. other facing}; inclined sides 3la. and. 32a, are brought in'linewith' the margins, as stated, and the sides 31b and 32b" become somewhat curved because thematerial is cut on' the .bias. This embodiment can be used 'totakethe place' of 'the previouslydescribed tensioning' or can-be used in addition thereto; This-helps to take up'the'excess facing when'the tie is turned inside out. In all ties of this general type, known as full lined made inside out neckties, the facing is cut on a bias, and the cut out edges act accordingly. Preferably the cut out is about 2 inches either way, that is the longitudinal axis of the diamond cut out is about five inches. The dimensions vary with the length, breadth, weight of material, etc.

Th'euseof staples has been described, but some other 'suitablefastening means may be'employed.

The completed tie of which no drawing is shown since an exterior view would be identical witha-lcnownztie,hasswithin the final tube, the cutouts in the facings forming the legs, with the I legsoverlapping at the meeting ends of the facings, and. a: stitching securing said overlapping legs to each other and to the decorative layer atits-margins, and in another embodiment, with the overlapping legs under tension, and in another embodiment,.with the outer sides of'the overlapping legs inclined and stitched to the margin of-.-thei-decorative layer.

Iwish it to be understood that I do not desire to belimited to the eXact'details of construction shownand1described; for obvious modifications,

will occur to aperson skilled in'the art.

I claim:

1. The method of making a full lined inside out made necktie," made from a pair of flat aligned decorative front layers and'a pair of fiat aligned undecorative facings, each pair joined at theneck portion-of the tie, said decorative layers be-' ingsuperposed and joined in fiat marginal registration, and bent onthemselves along a longitudinalcentralline to form a tube with' the facings enclosing the-decorative layers, and reversed inside-:out'torenclose the facings, which consists inzsubiecting each of saidaligned facings; to cutting: to form a-cutoutin each facing formingwapair. ofmarginallegs, said cutouts havingtheir open endsfacing each other spacedlongitudinally-of the neckband, forming at the neckbandaone common open space between the.-

cutoutends=of the facings, and stitching the ends of-each pair of legs-to join the legs to each other; leaving the: spaced cutout ends of the facings-free of thedecorative layer, whereby the neckband of the completed inside out tie is'free from crumpling.

2. The method of claim 1, in which the ends of the marginal legs are stitched together when their: overlapping is such as to exert a longitudinally' marginal pull.

3. The method of claim 1, in which each marr ginal leg has both of its sides tapering, and with one side of each overlapping leg drawn in line with the margin ofthe neckband and stitched thereto.

FLORENCE GOLDSMITH.

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